In your awful Wednesday media column: a war journalist is killed, another social media news thing exists, a new culture editor at the NYO, Mets writing is unbearable, and a blog anniversary.

Photojournalist Tim Hetherington has reportedly been killed in a mortar attack while working in Libya. Hetherington had worked for Nightline and produced the award-winning war documentary Restrepo. He was 41, and lived in Brooklyn. Veteran Getty war photographer Chris Hondros was also initially reported to be dead in the attack; but the NYT says that he's "suffered a severe brain injury and was in extremely critical condition" and "clinging to life." Several other reporters were injured in the attack as well. The outpouring of grief was swift and overwhelming. Both Hetherington and Hondros were extremely well respected in their fields.